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B. P. BRIGGS.

COMBINED CHAIN BAR, PENCIL, AND TOOTH PICK. No. 300,300. Patented June10, 1884.

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DANIEL F. BRIGGS, OF ATTLEBOROUGH FALLS, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO\VILLIAM SMITH & 00., OF'PROVIDENGE, RHODE ISLAND.

COMBlNED CHAIN-BAR, PENCIL, Alli!) TOOTH-=PlGK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 300,300, dated June 10,1884.

A nplication filed April 1, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL F. BRIGGS, of Attleborough Falls, in thecounty of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented anImprovement in a Combined Ghain-13ar, Pencil, and Tooth-Pick, of whichthe following is a specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the improved combination of achain-bar with a removable combined pencil and tooth-picl ,ashereinafter fully set forth.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a chain-bar. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsection of the same. Fig. 3 shows the tooth-pick and pencil removed fromthe chainbar, the tooth-pick being shown in section. Fig. 4 is atransverse section taken in the liner: of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is an enlargeddetail-section showing the inclined pin for operating and holding thepen cil mechanism.

In the accompanying drawings, A is the chain-bar, provided with a ring,13, by means of which it can be attached to a watch-chain. The chain-baris provided with a lining-tube, O, the outer end of which may be splitand bent inwardly, as usual, in order to securely clasp the body of thetube D, one end of which is provided with the ornamental head I), and

the opposite end of the said tube is cut away at one side to form apoint, 0, adapted for picking the teeth. The tube D is also providedwith the slot d, adapted to receive the guiding-pin e of the pencilmechanism E. The slot :1 maybe either made wider than the diameter ofthepin, or outwardly beveled at its sides, as shown in Fig. 4, in orderthat the nail of the thumb may reach the side of the pin e, and thuscause the movement of the pencil mechanism E back and forth within thebore of the tube D. The pin 6 is preferably made with an inclined side,6, as shown in detail section, Fig. 5, which is adapted to wedge underthe metal at the forward end of the slot (7, the

frictional resistance so produced tending to hold the pencil firmly whenprojected for use, as shown in Fig. 3; but an ordinary straight pin maybe used, and a suitable amount of friction otherwise secured between thetubeD and the guiding-tube f of the pencil mechanism.

The pencil, as extended for use, is shown in Fig. 3, and after thedesired use of the same it may be again drawn backward within the tubeD, by means of the pin 6, to the position shown in Fig. 2, in whichposition the point 0 of the tube D may be made available for picking theteeth; and after the above-mentioned use of the tube D it is to beinserted within the cavity of the chain-bar A, wherein it may besecurely retained by the clasping ac tion of the split end of thelining-tube 0.

My improved combination device thusconstitutes a desirable article foruse and ornamental wear, being conveniently adapted for the purposes setforth.

When the bar-tube A is made of suitable thickness, the lining-tube C maybe dispensed with. Therefore I do not limit my invention to theemployment of the lining-tube.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination of the chain-bar A and theremovable tube D, having a point,c,adapted for a tooth-pick, andprovided with a slot, d,with the pencil mechanism E, provided with afinger-pin adapted to enter the slot (1, substantially as described.

'2. The combination of the chain-bar A and the removable tube D, havinga point, e, adapted for a tooth-pick and provided with a slot, (Z, withthe pencil mechanism E, and the inclined pin e, adapted to enter theslot (Z, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

DANIEL F. BRIGGS.

' \Vitnesses:

Soona'rns SOHOLFIELD,

Crms. H. BEEDLE.

